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NEWSLETTER | 22 Oct 2020

Investor interest in hedge funds grows as quarterly inflows surge between July and September

Investor confidence in hedge funds appears to be on the rise, with allocators pouring in some USD13 billion between July and September, the first quarterly net inflow into the industry in two-and-a-half years.

Hedge funds add USD5.6bn in August

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Hedge funds posted a third consecutive month of inflows in August, adding USD5.6 billion in new assets to July’s USD10.5 billion in inflows and June’s USD15.1 billion as the industry continued its rebound from spring’s pandemic-driven redemptions.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

ARK36 has launched as an actively managed investment fund, focused on the cryptocurrency markets, delivering a risk-adjusted exposure to crypto-assets for professional investors.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Systematic hedge funds, quants and algo traders now able to benefit from five years of historic Level 3 data for insights, backtesting and alpha generation, thanks to data and analytics company BMLL Technologies.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Hedge fund managers are growing more comfortable with moving data to the cloud in order to enhance operational value, but find data management their greatest challenge as well as their top spending priority for the year ahead.

Hedge fund Kadima Sun Investments selects Tier1 to optimise investor relationships

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Hedge fund Kadima Sun Investments (KSI), has gone live with Tier1 Financial Solutions' CRM platform.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has incorporated Refinitiv market data on its platform.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Tradeweb Markets, an operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has become the first trading venue to facilitate the electronic execution of SONIA swaps against Gilt futures for institutional investors.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Strait Fund Services (STRAIT), a fund solutions company providing a full range of services for hedge funds, private equity funds, family offices, and other asset management firms, has incorporated Wrike’s Professional Services cloud-based project management and collaboration enterprise solution into its software suite.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is to expand its credit business with a focus on high yield and distressed credit with CTC Alternative Strategies, based in New York and opening in early 2021.

Hilton Global Associates appoints Chief Operating Officer

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Hilton Global Associates (Hilton Global), a provider of actionable investigative due diligence, has appointed Randy Shain as Chief Operating Officer.

TORA integrates OEMS with MTS BondsPro

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

TORA has integrated its order execution management system (OEMS) with MTS BondsPro, MTS Markets International, Inc’s (MMI) ATS.

Thu | 22 Oct 2020, 11:14

Options, a leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has achieved the prestigious Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold Partner Status. In doing so, Options joins the top 1 per cent of Microsoft partners worldwide.